Participant Eligibility Requirements Form

The NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament Hosted by Campbell University

November 3-5, 2017 Phone (910) 893-1367 Fax (910) 814-4380

THIS FORM MUST BE TYPED. DO NOT MAIL OR FAX BRING TO CAPTAIN’S MEETING: FRIDAY, NOVERMBER 3rd IN CARTER GYMNASIUM AT 5:00 PM

PLEASE CHECK ONE: Men Women Co-Rec

Institution: ______Team Name: ______

• Players must be enrolled for the minimum number of hours (listed below) for at least 40 days prior to the start of the championship event. o Undergraduates – minimum of ½ full-time enrollment status . Must be consider an Undergraduate student by University’s Registrar o Graduate – minimum of six credit hours . Must be consider a Graduate student by University’s Registrar o If a player is graduating the term of the NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament, and is enrolled for less than the minimum hours required for eligibility, then a letter from the registrar stating that the player will be graduating the same term of the event should be submitted along with the other registration materials. • Participants from schools on the quarter system must meet the eligibility requirements of the half time enrollment for both the current and the preceding quarter. • Players are limited to six appearances on a collegiate varsity roster (squad list) per sport. These appearances can be nonconsecutive, but after any six appearances on a varsity roster (squad list), eligibility is exhausted.

• Collegiate Athletes o If a player has appeared on a varsity roster (squad list) at any two-year or four-year college in the same sport, this constitutes the use of eligibility for the NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament. o Players must not be listed on the varsity roster (squad list) in the same or related sport for the current academic year. o Exceptions may be granted to any player that was listed on the roster for less than three weeks. Documentation must be provided through the appeals process that the player was on the list/roster for less than 3 weeks. o If a former varsity player has been listed on a varsity roster (squad list) for four or five academic years, that player is not eligible for the NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament until after one full academic year has lapsed from the final academic year they were listed on a school’s varsity roster (squad list). o Participants who are members of a ‘squad list’ for a varsity team of the opposite sex are eligible to participate in the NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament provided they meet all other eligibility guidelines. Participants will not be considered a current or former varsity player for the NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament due to being listed on varsity roster (squad list) for a team of the opposite sex.

• Players must not have been declared a professional athlete in the same or related sport. o A professional athlete is one who receives any kind of payment, directly or indirectly, for athletic participation, or who has participated in competition with a professional team. o A professional athletics team is any organized team that provides any of its players more than actual and necessary expenses for participation on the team and/or declares itself to be professional.

• The NoCRSA State Flag Football Tournament expects participation to be based on one’s self-identified gender and that it is done in good faith and is consistent with a player’s expressed gender identity. • A participant’s gender identity will be applied when there are gender specific rules or player ratio requirements for co-rec divisions. o Transgender individuals may play on the team that best matches their gender identity. o The campus official who approves the team entry on the roster/player certification form should verify the gender indicated on the form is based on the participant’s self-identification and expressed gender identity, not purely on the sex indicated in official school records. o Player eligibility will be based on the gender identified on the official team roster. (Eligibility form created from “NIRSA Championship Series Eligibility Requirements” updated August 25, 2016)

I have read this entire ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; I fully understand it and I agree to follow them. TEAM MEMBER NAMES MUST BE TYPED

TYPE NAME SIGNATURE TYPE NAME SIGNATURE

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